Gambling has always been a tax for the mathematically illiterate. Casino gambling has always been a scam and this proves it--whenever someone too clever comes along, they run right to the muscle to get their money back.
"Tax for the mathematically illiterate" is an mean thing that smug people say to pat themselves on the back and feel smarter than the "peons." It's like saying "people who go to concerts are too stupid to figure out how to buy a CD."
Even if you 100% know the odds are nowhere near your favor its possible to get pleasure from the act of putting down a bet, even if you lose. It can be a form of entertainment.
I, personally, don't get this pleasure but I can understand other people like different things than me.
Whether or not it should be legal, its additive potential is too much of a burden on society, or is ethical is a different question entirely.
Even if you 100% know the odds are nowhere near your favor its possible to get pleasure from the act of putting down a bet, even if you lose. It can be a form of entertainment.
I, personally, don't get this pleasure but I can understand other people like different things than me.
Whether or not it should be legal, its additive potential is too much of a burden on society, or is ethical is a different question entirely.